Mastering Greek Vocabulary (English and Greek Edition)

I am thoroughly glad I purchased this little book. The list of 250 Greek words which directly correlate to English is worth gold for one starting out learning Greek. The Cognate groupings of words are beautifully laid out. Then all the prefixes and suffixes are listed alone. Great Job Thomas!!

One has to be a student of New Testament Greek to find this book useful. It is helpful because it groups families of Greek words---a lot of verbs especially---to enable the memory to learn their meanings and hold onto them when reading N.T. Greek and translating.

To master a good vocabulary in Koine Greek, there are two methods, i.e. by roots and by domain. If you are pursuing the method by roots, this is a very good book to take on after you have mastered the renowned and basic text in lexical aid written by Metzger. The basic 1,000 words have been covered by the book and highlighted as >10 times. Words are given under a common root. The book enable the reader to broaden his vocabulary after having mastered the high frequency words and relate them to the low frequency words with the same root.

This little book exceeds the value of its purchase price. Its excellent organization of Greek vocabulary by root and other study aids will vastly encourage and develop your Greek word power. It is dynamite! "auton estin agathon!"

Two key techniques of this book that make it stand out from the others I have used are: 1) with each word is listed how many times it is used in the NT (so you are able to pay particular attention to the most common ones), and 2) all words of the same family are listed together. Robinson's quick-start list of words that have identical or almost identical equivalents in the English language gives the student courage that this memorization is do-able. Great for someone who is afraid (or not) of Greek vocabulary. Great for someone who wants to get up and running quickly.